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Chinese
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modest
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to ask; to let; permit to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow |
| trad. (謙讓)
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謙
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讓
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| simp. (谦让)
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谦
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让
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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謙
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讓
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiān
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ràng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khem ›
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‹ nyangH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*k-r̥ˁem/
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/*naŋ-s/
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| English
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modest
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yield
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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謙
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讓
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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6070
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13649
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Phonetic
component
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兼
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襄
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Rime
group
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談
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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謙
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讓
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰeːm/
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/*njaŋs/
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Verb
謙讓
- to modestly decline
Synonyms
Adjective
謙讓
- humble; modest; unassuming
Synonyms
- 徛裡 / 徛里 (kiê-*diē) (Eastern Min)
- 自謙 / 自谦 (zìqiān)
- 虛心 / 虚心 (xūxīn)
- 課謙 / 课谦 (Hokkien)
- 謙卑 / 谦卑 (qiānbēi)
- 謙抑 / 谦抑 (qiānyì) (literary)
- 謙沖 / 谦冲 (qiānchōng) (literary)
- 謙虛 / 谦虚 (qiānxū)
- 謙遜 / 谦逊 (qiānxùn)
- 顧謙 / 顾谦 (Hokkien)
Antonyms
Descendants
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 謙讓 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 謙讓, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
謙讓 • (gyeomyang) (hangeul 겸양)
- hanja form? of 겸양